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Rayo Vallecano 0 - Atlético Madrid 0 Rayo: Segura; Mario,
De Quintana, Onopko (Luis Cembranos 54'), Graff; Azkoitia, Iriney;
Peragón, Quevedo, Michel; Bolic (Bolo 69'). 4-2-3-1.
Team changes: Rayo: De Quintana, Onopko, Peragón for Corino, Julio Alvarez, Mora / Atlético: Movilla, Jorge for Emerson, Aguilera. Goals: None. City rivals Rayo Vallecano and Atlético Madrid drew 0-0 in the only game played on Saturday night. Both sides really needed a win to further their particular objectives, the home side to try and get out of the bottom three and the visitors to close back up on the European spots, and a reasonable 13,000 crowd turned up to urge their favourites on. Luis Aragonés changed his side once again (he has never repeated a starting line up once this season), and the introduction of Jorge meant that José Marí moved back out to the right wing. Rayo were trying to end a run that had seen them only pick up three points in their last five matches, and Onopko returned to the centre of defence having recovered from an injury. It was all one-way traffic in favour of Atlético in the first half, with Segura saving from Jorge and Fernando Torres and José Marí putting efforts wide, and only a Quevedo header on the stroke of half time caused any problems for Esteban. Luis Aragonés got upset with Turienzo Alvarez when he blew the half time whistle as his side were in a scoring position, and was even angrier after the break when the referee failed to spot a hand ball in the area by Mario. Minutes earlier Fernando Torres had crashed a shot off the underside of the bar, and Mario deflected a corner onto his own goalpost soon afterwards. Other than that though the second half belonged to Rayo, with Michel seeing his shot cleared off the line by Contra with the keeper beaten and Bolo hitting the bar later in the half. In the end a point apiece, which left both managers feeling they could have done better. |
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